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And developed creating a pool for the floodwaters to collect in. the city does have a network of reservoirs and bayous but they were not designed for the epic storms. some roads are built below the grade as a backup drainage system. for this storm they were completely overwhelmed and the issue is not going away anytime soon. since 2010, 7,000 new residential buildings have been constructed in one county sitting mostly on the land the federal designated a 100-year flood plain per reporting from "the washington post." >> they're building on flood plains. >> um-hum. >> that is an ongoing problem ...
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